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success of the Biological Section under the chair- 

 manship of Dr. Carl L. Alsberg, of Washington, 

 D. C. Forty-four papers were presented before 

 this section of a strictly chemical nature bearing 

 upon biochemical problems. 



The meeting of the Section of Chemical Educa- 

 tion, held at a time when all the industrial chem- 

 ists could meet with them, proved decidedly inter- 

 esting and the discussion was general. 



On the first day of the meeting the chemists 

 all gathered in general session to listen to eight 

 general addresses as follows: 



"The Lost Arts of Chemistry," W. D. Rich- 

 ardson. 



" The Basis of Industrial Efficiency," A. D. 

 Little. 



" Synthetic Metals from Non-metallic Ele- 

 ments," Herbert N. McCoy. 



" Progress in Food Chemistry," H. E. Barnard. 

 " Mechanism of Cell Activity," Carl L. Alsberg. 

 " Waste Wood and some of its By-products," 

 Geo. B. Frankforter. 



■' The Formation of Carbohydrates in the Vege- 

 table Kingdom," Wm. McPherson. 



" The Efficiency of the College Graduate in the 

 Chemical Industry," Chas. F. Burgess. 



The address of the retiring president. Wilder D. 

 Bancroft, on " A Universal Law," was an exposi- 

 tion of the general application of the theorem of 

 LeChatelier to all kinds of natural phenomena 

 as well as those of a chemical nature. 



Possibly the complimentary smoker in the 

 rooms of the Commercial Club was as thoroughly 

 enjoyed as any one feature of the meeting, for an 

 unusually witty program had been arranged and 

 original songs bearing upon individual chemists 

 and chemical phenomena were thoroughly en- 

 joyed; also the mementoes furnished to the visit- 

 ing chemists were pleasing to all. This, however, 

 was not the only social function of the meeting, 

 for several receptions and teas were arranged for 

 the ladies and the banquet on Friday night, which 

 was attended by some two hundred members, was 

 also graced by their presence. 



Excursions to the following places and works 

 were taken by the members: Russell-Miller Milling 

 Co., Pillsbury Flour Mills Co., Washburn-Crosby 

 Co., Consolidated Milling Co., Minnesota Linseed 

 Oil and Paint Co., Archer-Daniels Co., Midland 

 Linseed Oil Co., St. Anthony Falls Water Power 

 Co., Cream of Wheat Co. and International Stock 

 Food Co. 



On Saturday afternoon a large number were 

 treated to a sight-seeing trip covering both the 



cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. A number of 

 the chemists also had the privilege of viewing the 

 wonderful paintings of La Farge in the state 

 Capitol of Minnesota. 



The announcement of the election of Alexander 

 Smith as president of the society and of Louis 

 Kahlenberg, Frank K. Cameron, Greo. B. Frank- 

 forter and E. C. Franklin and E. G. Love as 

 councilors-at-large met with hearty approval and 

 applause. 



M. C. Whitaker was elected editor of the Jour- 

 nal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, and 

 the report of a committee recommending a decided 

 broadening of the policy of that journal was 

 adopted. 



The secretary announced a net gain of 550 

 members for the year, the society now having a 

 membership of over 5,100. 



Chables L. Pabsons, 



Secretary 



THE TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING 

 OF THE AMERICAN PHYSIOLOGICAL 

 SOCIETY, NEW HAVEN, CONN., 

 DECEMBER 27-30, 1910 

 Fob the first time in many years the physiolo- 

 gists of the country, together with the biochem- 

 ists and the pharmacologists, met apart, not only 

 from the American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science, but also from the group of 

 societies associated with the naturalists. Sixty- 

 three of the society's one hundred and seventy- 

 five members were present. The meeting was 

 successful in point of attendance as well as in 

 the number of communications of high merit and 

 in able discussions. An important factor in the 

 success of the meeting was the splendid arrange- 

 ments made for us by the local committee (the 

 biologists of the Sheffield Scientific School, the 

 Yale Medical School and the Connecticut Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station) and the cordial hos- 

 pitality extended by this committee to the visiting 

 members. 



The following papers and demonstrations were 

 presented and discussed during the six scientific 

 sessions (two of these being joint sessions with 

 the biological chemists). 



E. B. Meigs, " The Osmotic Properties of 

 Smooth Muscle." 



Gertrude F. Barbour and P. E. Stiles, " Local- 

 ized Activity in Skeletal Mupcle." 



C. J. Wiggers, " Pulse Pressure Variations in 

 the Pulmonary Circuit." 



G. W. Fitz, "A Preliminary Report of Work 



